Competitor News, Product Updates

Verana Health Launches Qdata™ Glaucoma to Deliver Real-World Insights into Glaucoma Patient Journey

First-of-its-kind data module is now available for analysis through Verana Health’s real-world evidence service offerings to help life sciences organizations shape glaucoma therapeutic strategies Mar 02, 2022, 10:00 ET SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Verana Health, a digital health company that delivers quality drug lifecycle and medical practice insights from an…

Asia-Pacific, Collaborations, Competitor News, Data Partnership, International

BC Platforms Opens Singapore R&D Center and Signs New Data Partnership to Drive Precision Medicine in Asia Pacific Region

Posted on March 2, 2022 BC Platforms (BCP), a global leader in healthcare data management and analytics, today announced expansion of its R&D operations in Singapore, which spearheads precision medicine activities in the Asia Pacific region, including China and Japan. The company also announced a research partnership with Singapore Health Services (‘SingHealth’),…

Collaborations, Competitor News, Data Partnership

PSA Testing in Men Receiving Testosterone Therapy with History of Prostate Cancer: A Matched Analysis of a Large Multi-Institutional Research Network

Abstract Objective: To investigate the frequency of PSA testing in men receiving TT and with a history of PCa. Methods: We queried the TriNetX network database, a global health research network consisting of 65 million men in 44 large healthcare organizations, to investigate rates of PSA testing in 4 cohorts of men…

Collaborations, Competitor News, Data Partnership, Oncology, RWE Study

Black patients wait longer for diagnosis, treatment of colorectal cancer, new study finds

By Anastassia Gliadkovskaya Mar 1, 2022 12:45pmKomodo Health Black patients wait longer for diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer than their white counterparts do, a new study has revealed. The analysis was conducted by Komodo Health and BLKHLTH. Using Komodo’s database of anonymized U.S. patient data, the companies looked at Black and white…

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Health Gorilla Expands National Health Interoperability Platform with Social Determinants of Health Data from LexisNexis Risk Solutions

March 01, 2022 12:34 ET | Source: Health Gorilla Palo Alto, California, March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health Gorilla, the leading Health Information Network in the United States, announces they will begin incorporating social determinants of health (SDOH) data into their Health Interoperability Platform through a collaboration with LexisNexis® Risk Solutions.  SDOH are…

Industry News

The current landscape and emerging applications for real-world data in diagnostics and clinical decision support and its impact on regulatory decision making

Abstract Real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) are becoming essential tools for informing regulatory decision making in health care and offer an opportunity for all stakeholders in the health care ecosystem to evaluate medical products throughout their lifecycle. Although considerable interest has been given to regulatory decisions supported by…

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“Building the plane while flying”: how real-world evidence is accelerating treatment options for people with spinal muscular atrophy

In this article, Peter Persson and Ben Tichler (both Biogen) discuss the role of real-world evidence in rare diseases, specifically spinal muscular atrophy, and how real-world data can be used to accelerate treatment options for people with rare diseases. “It’s like clinical trials provided the fuselage and wings, and real-world…